Student support

Study at Coventry

Term dates

Coventry University academic teaching year is made up of three 16 week-long teaching blocks. Here you will find information about term dates for both new and returning students as well as study break and end of semester dates for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Life in Coventry

Work and social spaces

International Students

Coventry University welcomes International Students. We've created a page full of useful links and advice for both EU and international students that are considering or have applied to a Coventry University course.

Useful Links

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As an ambitious and innovative university, our research makes a tangible difference to the way we live. Coventry University is already known for delivering research that makes a significant contribution to a number of global challenges.

Below are a few helpful ways in which you can use the Coventry University website more easily. For a comprehensive list of instructions, and more detailed explanations, visit theBBC's My Web My Way website.

On the browser ‘Tools’ menu select ‘Internet Options’ On the General tab, select ‘Colors’ Deselect the ‘Use Windows Colors’ tick boxSelect the box next to ‘Background’ and choose a colour Click on ‘OK’

To use your Windows colour scheme settings in Firefox click on the ' Use system colors ' checkbox Next click on 'Allow pages select their own colours, instead of my selections above’ Click 'OK' or press 'Enter' to return to the options dialog box Click the 'OK' button, or press 'Tab' until the 'OK' button is selected and press 'Enter', to return to Firefox.

To change the size of the window of the site

On the browser View menu select ‘Full screen’ or press F11 To change text and/or colour on the site in Firefox To change the colour of links displayed on a screen

Using IE 7

On the browser Tools menu select ‘Internet Options’ On the General tab, select ‘Accessibility’ Click on ‘Select ignore colors specified on web pages’ (should contain a tick) – Click ‘Ok’ Still on the ‘General’ tab, click on ‘Colors’ Make sure the ‘Use hover colors’ tick box is not ticked Tick the ‘Use Windows colors’ box Select ‘Visited’ and choose the colour that suits you best, Click OK Select ‘Not Visited’ and choose the colour that suits your best. Click OK